--- title: Jeremiah 31:8 (JPS 1917) — Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them fr… · tree and pragmatics description: Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them from the uttermost parts of the earth, and with them the blind and the lame, the woman with child and her that travaileth with child together; a great company shall they return hither. Who acts: I, people. 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The page gives the sentence's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies, parsed by Mova and checked by a teacher model — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, people), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it. The original of the verse links back to its own tree and to the Targum. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = jps:JER:840 # text = Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them from the uttermost parts of the earth, and with them the blind and the lame, the woman with child and her that travaileth with child together; a great company shall they return hither. 1 Behold behold INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ _ 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 from from ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 north north NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 gather gather VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 14 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ _ 15 from from ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 uttermost uttermost ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 parts part NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obl _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 24 with with ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nmod _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 blind blind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 lame lame ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 conj _ _ 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 conj _ _ 34 with with ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 conj _ _ 38 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 39 nsubj _ _ 39 travaileth travail VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 acl:relcl _ _ 40 with with ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 42 together together ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 43 ; ; PUNCT : _ 49 punct _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 45 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 company company NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obj _ _ 47 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 48 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 49 return return VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 parataxis _ _ 50 hither hither ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 51 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bring** | future | I | people | | the north country | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent they=Theme from country=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **gather** | infinitive | I *not said here* | people | | the uttermost parts of the earth | | | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent they=Theme from part=Source | | 3 | **travail** | present | | | | | | with child; together *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **return** | shall | people | a great company | | | | hither *property* | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent company=Theme | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. ## The Hebrew of this verse {#hebrew} הִנְנִי֩ מֵבִ֨יא אוֹתָ֜ם מֵאֶ֣רֶץ צָפ֗וֹן וְקִבַּצְתִּים֮ מִיַּרְכְּתֵי־אָרֶץ֒ בָּ֚ם עִוֵּ֣ר וּפִסֵּ֔חַ הָרָ֥ה וְיֹלֶ֖דֶת יַחְדָּ֑ו קָהָ֥ל גָּד֖וֹל יָשׁ֥וּבוּ הֵֽנָּה׃ [Jeremiah 31:8: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.31.8/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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